Grand Plum is pale, warm-toned shade of cool red. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with warm cyan, warm blue or warm green
| Inverse Color | #93a9a8 |
| Complementary Color | #556c6a |
| Color Shade: | cool red (357.27° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | warm |
| Lightness: | 38.04% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar cool red shade, there are some better alternatives to Grand Plum Color. The Spicy Pink color for instance is a lighter and a bit more faded option, however this color has a red magenta bias. Consider a lighter and more soft alternative called Imagery (#7a6e70) for more calm effect. Try Royal Raisin as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#556c6a is the best complementary color to Grand Plum. Warm cyan shades generally complement the cool red hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #6c5657 complementary color is Cutty Sark, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of warm magenta, cool red, and warm red colors offers a soft combination of similar warm shades. The analogous colors of Dorado are #6c5561 and #6c6055. Thus found on the left and right of #6c5657 on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Zambezi and Pine Cone colors as they work well with Grand Plum.
The split-complementary Grand Plum palette consists of #55616c and #556c60 colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#556c6a). Try Shuttle Gray and Corduroy colors in combination with #6c5657, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #6c5657 offers a combination of cool blue and warm green shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Grand Plum. Thus Comet and Finlandia giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Grand Plum contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Cutty Sark, Siam, and Smoky split by 90° on the color wheel. #6c5657 square combo is a palette of cool red, cool yellow, warm cyan and warm blue shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Grand Plum tetradic combo consists of warm cyan complementary color (#556c6a) and two others. The Finlandia is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Salt Box – 120° from the complementary Cutty Sark. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #566c55 and #6b556c.
In a RGB color space, hex #6c5657 is made of 38% red, 31% green and 31% blue. In a HSL mode Grand Plum has a hue angle of 357.27°, a saturation of 11.34% and a lightness of 38.04%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #6c5657 is made of 0% cyan, 8.62% magenta, 8.23% yellow and 57.65% black ink.
| HEX | #6c5657 |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(108,86,87) |
| RGB Percentage | 38%, 31%, 31% |
| CMYK | 0, 8.62, 8.23, 57.65 |
| HSL | hsl(357.27,11.34%,38.04%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(357.27,20.37%,42.35%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(38.7805,9.2435,2.8577) |
| XYZ | xyz(11.2324,10.5318,10.4577) |